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Letters Patent No. 75,049, dated March 3, 1868;

BILLIAIRD-GUE TRIMMER.

TO ALL WHOM IT -MAY CONCERN:

Bic it that I, H YPOLITE PERNOT, of the city, county, and State of New York; have invented a new and'improvedBilliard-Cue Cleaner and Trimmer; and] doherehydeiflare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description t ii qfi hrliich will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the sonic, reference being land to the accombanyingdranings forming pa'rtof this speeification,.in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of myiuvention.

Figure 2 isa similar view'df e. modification of the'smne, Figure 3 is a vertical section of the seine, tekenon the line a: 2:, fig. I; Figure 4 is a similar view, the section being taken on the line y y, fig. 2. Similaulctters.oLreference-indicalzccorrespondi ngparts. t'lhis invention relates to a new article of manufacture for cleaning and trimming the ends of billiard-cues, min consists in the use of'a concave, or flnt,-circular, or other shaped plate, made of steel or other hard material, and set in a suitable case, in which a recess or hole is made to allow the. end-of the cue to reach the plate. The face of the steel or metal plate is roughened, similar to the face of a. file, and thus, by bringing the end of the one in contact l'ith the face of the plate, the one may he cleaned and trimmed, so as to receive a ilew clean-playing sui-face. I I

3. represents a metal or other plate, with a. concave or flat roughened face. This plate is set into a suitable holder, A, es shown in fig. 3, and is secured to the same in any suitable manner. The device iliay be carried in the pocket, or may, if desired, be secured to a. string and suspended from the ceiling of a billiard-room. The plate may, if made of proper size, be inade so thntit need not be set into the holder B. If (lesrred,'two or'inore' plates, A A', may be secured in a suitable handle, B", the different plates being more or less concave;

-ur having more or less sharp, or coarser, or liner teeth, so that-within one holder each player may find such a plnte that will form the end of his cue into the required shape.

. 'I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, us a new article of manufacturc 1. A billinril-oue triinmer, A, consisting of e roughened or toothed concave or fiat plete, substantially as herein shown and described. i 1 v 2. A billiard-cue trimmer, consisting of two or more roughened plates, A A, fitted into one handle, B, sghstantially-as described, sothat different kinds of cues may betrimmed by the same implement, as set forelr HYPO'LITE Pnlmo'ig.

' witnesses:

' Wu. F. LIONAMARA, Auex. F.-Bohsn'rs. 

